wondermoose wrote:I can't help but feel the Penguins ruined Tangradi's development somehow. Every year after training camp you'd hear the same quote about finally being comfortable, but the Pens never did anything to really make him feel comfortable.

If a guy is talented enough, he'll figure it out eventually. It doesn't seem as if he's talented enough.

wondermoose wrote:I can't help but feel the Penguins ruined Tangradi's development somehow. Every year after training camp you'd hear the same quote about finally being comfortable, but the Pens never did anything to really make him feel comfortable.

Maybe he is what he is: a fringe NHLer that puts up numbers in the AHL.

He plays scared. Maybe that's from being mis-managed; maybe that's from Trevor Gilles. It's definitely partly his own fault. I think it'll take him getting waived / cut whatever to realize it's time to man up. And then he will. I still believe in a year or so he'll be carving out a niche as 2nd/3rd line tweener & PP specialist for an NHL team.

wondermoose wrote:I can't help but feel the Penguins ruined Tangradi's development somehow. Every year after training camp you'd hear the same quote about finally being comfortable, but the Pens never did anything to really make him feel comfortable.

Maybe he is what he is: a fringe NHLer that puts up numbers in the AHL.

so his biggest successes have been as an over-age junior playing against 16 year olds who he was bigger, stronger, and more experienced than, and as a fringe NHL'er playing against AHL regulars. does that sum it up?

so his biggest successes have been as an over-age junior playing against 16 year olds who he was bigger, stronger, and more experienced than, and as a fringe NHL'er playing against AHL regulars. does that sum it up?

so his biggest successes have been as an over-age junior playing against 16 year olds who he was bigger, stronger, and more experienced than, and as a fringe NHL'er playing against AHL regulars. does that sum it up?